[Sca-cooks] Roman Feast

[Stefan li Rous]

Faerisa commented:
> In the florilegium, there is an article/message concerning a feast of
> illusions
> (I can't remember which file it's under).  One of their courses
> featured a
> paper mache boar's head that was cut open with a sword with great
> fanfaare.
> the servers then grabbed hanfuls of mock entrails from inside the pig
> and ran
> around to the guests.
Oh! I'd forgotten about that file. That file is in the FEASTS section:
ill-fd-feast-art  (10K) 12/ 8/97    A feast consisting of illusion
foods.

> 2nd Course:
> - -A Non-edible boar made of papier mache, gilded, (Gilded Boar's Head
> -
> Chiquart, Du Fait de Cuisine) garnished with radish roses & surrounded
> by
> tea candles stuck in hollowed out apples.  The boar was hollow &
> contained
> a Haslet (Trayne Roste) of fruits. (Take 1000 Eggs, p. 218.)  Served
> with
> great fanfare & 'cut open' with a sword. Servers grabbed handfuls of
> 'entrails' & ran around to the guests.
Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas
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